Configure F5 SSL for WebLogic Servers

In this scenario, SSL is offloaded in F5 appliance that load balances HTTP WebLogic Servers behind it. You might have experienced a situation that F5 has responded ‘http’ response for all ‘https’ requests from client browsers and the applications were not rendered properly.

In such case, here is a quick guide how to set this up.

Configure F5 Appliance:

Navigate to Local Traffic > Profiles > Services > HTTP.

Click Create to create an HTTP profile

Specify Name for the HTTP profile.

In the Parent Profile menu, select http.

In the Request Header Insert box, type WL-Proxy-SSL: true

In the Redirect Rewrite menu, select Matching.

Click Finished.

Do not forget to attach this HTTP profile to specific Virtual Server for above changes to take effect.